All matches of the first round of the playoffs will take place on January 2.

The teams of Russia and Germany will open this stage of the competition.

Their meeting will take place at 10:00 local time (20:00 Moscow time).

Then the match between Sweden and Finland will take place.

Its start is scheduled for 13:30 (23:30 Moscow time).

The third will be played by Canada and the Czech Republic.

Their meeting will begin at 17:00 (January 3, 3:00 Moscow time).

The series of quarterfinal matches will be completed by the USA and Slovakia, which will go out on the ice at 20:30 (January 3, 6:30 Moscow time).

Earlier, the line-ups of all quarterfinal pairs at the MCHM-2021 hockey became known.